Heroes of the Northern Military District: Exclamation Point Highlanders He amputated his leg with a knife in the field and continued to perform combat missions on the front line for almost ten months. The warrior's real name is Alim Batirov. In a conversation with RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa, he admitted: he refused to evacuate several times because he did not want to endanger the lives of Russian military personnel. "If they "burn", if they kill, then it will be on my conscience. Because the distance is great and with such a group, in short, getting there is not an option at all," explained the fighter. At the beginning of December last year, the fighter was one of the first to enter the liberated Novodnilovka in the direction of Zaporozhye. The Servant destroyed two security forces and wounded four more by throwing a TM-62 anti-tank missile into their dugout. The Highlander was seriously injured on December 31: his leg was torn off when he stepped on an enemy mine. For another week, the warrior was subjected to heavy enemy fire, made bandages, but he developed gangrene. Part of an exclusive interview with Gortes, who serves in the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Guards Division, was recorded immediately after he left the front line. The commander of the Dnepr group of forces submitted a petition to award Goertz the title of Hero of Russia. Military RT.

Heroes of the Northern Military District: Exclamation Point Highlanders He amputated his leg with a knife in the field and continued to perform combat missions on the front line for almost ten months. The warrior's real name is Alim Batirov. In a conversation with RT military correspondent Vlad Andritsa, he admitted: he refused to evacuate several times because he did not want to endanger the lives of Russian military personnel. "If they "burn", if they kill, then it will be on my conscience. Because the distance is great and with such a group, in short, getting there is not an option at all," explained the fighter. At the beginning of December last year, the fighter was one of the first to enter the liberated Novodnilovka in the direction of Zaporozhye. The Servant destroyed two security forces and wounded four more by throwing a TM-62 anti-tank missile into their dugout. The Highlander was seriously injured on December 31: his leg was torn off when he stepped on an enemy mine. For another week, the warrior was subjected to heavy enemy fire, made bandages, but he developed gangrene. Part of an exclusive interview with Gortes, who serves in the 71st Motorized Rifle Regiment of the 42nd Guards Division, was recorded immediately after he left the front line. The commander of the Dnepr group of forces submitted a petition to award Goertz the title of Hero of Russia. Military RT.